Corps Glorieux Ou Vertu De La Perfection.
by Maurras Charles
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Ernest Flammarion, Editeur. Near Fine. 1929. Paperback. French text. A Near Fine paperback, the binding is tight, bright, unmarked pages. Protected by a clear glassine cover. Light wear to the spine ends. This is number 468 of a limited edition of 500. À partir de la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle, le nu héroïque et viril est devenu le paradigme de la force de la rectitude morale. Cette image a émergé alors que les cris d'alarme se multipliaient concernant la dégénération physique et morale des individus, une dégénération qui était reliée à un alanguissement de la société et au rôle de plus en plus influent qu'y jouaient les femmes. Afin de remédier à ce déclin causé par l'oisiveté, le luxe et l'intempérance, de nombreux naturalistes, médecins, apprentis pédagogues et anthropologues affirmaient que les individus pourraient être régénérés à condition qu'ils imitent leurs glorieux ancêtres de l'Antiquité classique. Justement, la statuaire antique offrait des modèles physiqueset moraux qui pouvaient servir d'exemples. Les ouvrages de Winckelmann et de ses nombreux disciples étaient la source principale de la thèse suivant laquelle la régénération et le progrès pourraient être favorisés par la contemplation de nus associant perfection physique et rectitude morale. Par la suite, cette idée allait connaître une grande vogue auprès des adeptes de l'eugénisme. È ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 45 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25245
- Title
- Corps Glorieux Ou Vertu De La Perfection.
- Author
- Maurras Charles
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- Ernest Flammarion, Editeur
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- French Books > Art, Art Theory
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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